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0.M. HOLMES. CIGAR 0R CIGARETTE PACKAGE.

No. 600,615. Patented Mar. 15,1898.

llivrrnn STATES CHARLES HOLMES, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

CIGAR OR CIGARETTE PACKAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,615, dated March15, 1898.

Application filed March 1, 1897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. HoLMEs, of Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cigarette-Packages, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to cigarette-boxes having provisions for holdingmatches; and it has for its object to provide a cheap and simpleconstruction whereby a charge of matches may be securely and safely heldon the exterior of a cigarette-box.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a perspective View showing a cigarette-box embodyingmy invention, the same being partially open. Fig. 2 represents a sectionon line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view showing thebox illustrated in Fig. 1 placed in an outer or inclosing box.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all of thefigures.

In the drawings, 0t represents the box or holder, formed to contain acharge of cigarettes b and a charge of matches 0, the cigarette-holdingportion of the holder and its cover being shown as made of a singlepiece of paper folded to. form a box adapted to slide into and out of aninclosing box or case 6. (See Fig. 3.) The front piece or cover a of theholder at is provided with a series of match-holding pockets formed bycementing or otherwise attaching a corrugated sheet d to the flat outersurface of said cover, the inner angles of the sheet (2 bearing on saidfiat surface, and by attaching a fiat sheet or strip d to the projectingor outer angles of the corrugated sheet (Z. In this Way two series oftriangular spaces or pockets (1 are formed, each adapted to contain amatch. The matchholder thus constructed is adapted to hold the matchesin a compact row against the outer side.of the box or holder a and atthe same time to separate the matches from each other and preventrubbing contact of any Serial No. 625,491. (No model.)

match against a surface likely to develop 5o igniting friction.

The front piece or cover, which carries the matches, is connected withthe cigarette-holdin g portion only at the lower end, and is thereforeadapted to be lifted, as indicated in Fig. 1, to facilitate access tothe cigarettes. Furthermore, said front piece, besides being hinged tothe holder, as above described, constitutes a partition which preventsthe cigarettes frombecoming impregnated or tainted by the material ofordinary matches which may be placed in the pockets d.

f represents a wrapping of tin-foil or other suitable material which maybe employed to surround the cigarettes. This, however, constitutes nopart of my invention and may be omitted.

It will be seen that the package above described constitutes an articleof great convenience, supplying a want which is commonly experienced bycigarette-smokers.

The cigarette-holder is of cheap construction and the match pockets donot add materially to the expense of the box, so that the box can bediscarded like an ordinary cigarette box or wrapper when the cigarettesand matches have been consumed.

I claim A cigarette box or holder having a flat front piece or coverintegral therewith at one end and provided with a corrugated sheet orstrip having its inner angles bearing'on said front piece, and a flatouter strip extending across the outer angles of the corrugated strip,said strips and the said flat front piece forming independentmatch-holding pockets, the said front piece constituting a partitionbetween the matches and the cigarettes, and adapted to be turned up orlifted to facilitate access to the cigarettes.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 26th day of February, A. D.1897.

CHARLES M. HOLMES.

Witnesses: A. D. HARRISON, P. W. PEZZETTI.

